One thousand and forty-four chapters on the eve of the war
Guo Song looked at the sky in the distance and said slowly: "I wonder if Xiang Guo has ever thought about it. In fact, the Tang Dynasty was not short of money. A large number of copper coins were deposited in the hands of the rich, hidden in cellars, locked in money cabinets, or used by ordinary people.
The people put it in pottery urns and buried it. If all this money was taken out and put into the market, would the market still be short of copper coins?"
Zhang Qianyi lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness's idea is very good. I really haven't considered this issue, but what should we do?"
Guo Song smiled and asked: "Does the Prime Minister have any money stored in the cabinet?"
Zhang Qianyi nodded, "There must be several thousand strings! They are stored in Baoji Cabinet."
"Can the counter store touch your money?" Guo Song asked again.
Zhang Qianyi smiled and said: "I rented a cabinet in the cabinet shop, and my money is locked in the cabinet. How can they move?"
"Here's the problem. If you give your money to the bank store, the bank store will give you a dollar of interest every month, provided that your bank store can borrow the money. When you withdraw the money, the bank store will give you the money and
I’ll just give it to you along with the interest, do you want to do it?”
"Is there such a good thing? Usually I give it to the counter to keep the money a few times a year. If you are willing to give me interest, of course I will do it!"
Zhang Qianyi suddenly realized, "What your Highness means is that the counter shop pays interest to customers and then uses the customers' money to lend. In this way, money will flow in the market. As long as the customer has enough money to withdraw money,
Just give him the money?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "That's what I mean!"
"Is Kecai Fang willing to do it?"
"It doesn't matter whether other cabinet shops are willing to do it or not, as long as Baoyuan Cabinet Shop does it."
Baoyuan Cabinet Shop is a government-run cabinet shop and is affiliated to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zhang Qianyi suddenly felt mesmerized. He hadn't thought of such a simple method?
At present, the money-making model of major cabinet shops is actually lending, but they lend their own money, and they only charge storage fees for the money deposited by customers. Especially the big ones have special rooms, and many customers' money has been deposited for decades.
None of them have been used, it is really a waste of resources.
Therefore, Guo Song wanted to activate these resources, which solved the problem of insufficient copper coins in the market. In the future, as the economy develops, gold and silver will be gradually put into the market.
Guo Song said calmly: "I believe that as long as Baoyuan Cabinet Shop does this, most people will transfer their money to Baoyuan Cabinet Shop. If other cabinet shops don't want to close down, they can only follow suit. In this way, the copper coins in the market will
It will become abundant.”
"Speaking of abundance, Wei Chen still has a question. What if there is a flood of copper coins in the market? Will it cause prices to skyrocket?"
"It is indeed possible, so when you release money, you must also collect it, control it, and pay attention to geographical distribution. For example, there is no shortage of copper coins in Chang'an, but there is a shortage of money in Bashu. The money from Chang'an can be transported to Bashu for lending. I believe that the general
There is a way around it."
Zhang Qianyi felt ashamed in his heart, and he quickly bowed and said: "This should be a matter for the Ministry of Household Affairs to consider, but it has made His Highness think so hard, and I am ashamed of myself!"
Guo Song chuckled, "I'll just think about the general direction, and you will handle the details. Regarding what I said today, the Prime Minister will go back and discuss it with his subordinates, and then write a detailed report."
"Weichen will bring it out as soon as possible."
Guo Song shook his head, "Don't worry, this matter is of great importance. We need to fully communicate with the cabinet. Besides, I may not be in Chang'an in the next month or two."
"Your Highness is going out on inspection?"
Guo Song nodded, "I want to capture Jingnan, and also go to Jiangnan for inspection. It will probably take two months. When I come back, you can just take out the report."
"Wei Chen understands!"
At night, Guo Song was sitting in the study room reading a book. At this time, the door opened, and his wife Xue Tao came in from the outside carrying ginseng tea. When she saw her husband taking a piece of suet jade and applying grease on his forehead, she smiled and said: "Husband,
Didn’t you say that applying oil on your face will clog the jade pores and make the jade dull? Why don’t you apply it yourself?"
Guo Song put down the jade and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you apply it a little, as long as you clean it on time."
Xue Tao put down the tea cup, hesitated and said: "My husband is going to Jiangnan, can I bring my family with me?"
Guo Song chuckled, "Of course, Weiwei has already pestered me, and I promised to take her with me. If my wife wants to go, she can go too."
Xue Tao laughed and said, "What you said made me tempted. Originally, Caichun wanted to go back to Jiangnan for a visit. Let me tell you. If you say this, why don't we all go together? Will it not affect my husband?"
Guo Song shook his head, "It won't affect you at all, but you have to stay in Xiangyang for a while, wait for the battle of Jingnan to end, and then take a boat to Jiangnan together."
"That's okay, then I'll tell everyone!"
When he reached the door, Xue Tao stopped again. Unable to contain his excitement, he asked, "By the way, when will we set off?"
"Five days later! It's best not to bring more than thirty people."
"No, just bring the personal maid and the child's wet nurse, and no one else."
After saying that, Xue Tao left like a gust of wind. Guo Song smiled and shook his head. In fact, they also wanted to bring a female bodyguard with them, but she forgot.
When they heard that they were going to take a boat trip to the south of the Yangtze River, their family members became excited. Guo Weiwei was even more excited and couldn't sleep. She simply opened the drawing board and began to think hard about a picture of mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Unfortunately, she forgot that it was autumn now.
I can only draw a picture of autumn in the south of the Yangtze River at most.
The plan to attack Liu Pi was delayed for more than half a year. The main reason was that the Jin army had to concentrate on attacking Liu Shining. Although Liu Shining's power had been destroyed three months ago, the Jin army still needed time to consolidate its occupation. On the other hand, Guo Song also
Beware of Ma Sui's counterattack.
Ma Sui and Liu Qia have been allies for a long time, quarreling with each other and supporting each other. The two have a close relationship. However, in Liu Qia's later period, that is, after his son Liu Shining came to power, the relationship between the two factions began to deteriorate, and even
There have been small-scale conflicts, and as for competition for population and resources, they are commonplace, so much so that when Liu Qia passed away, Ma Sui didn't even send anyone to express his condolences.
But this does not mean that Ma Sui will watch Liu Shining be destroyed. Liu Shining's safety involves his own safety. If 20,000 Jin troops did not come from the Yangtze River waterway and occupied Jiangzhou in an instant, Ma Sui was shocked.
He did not dare to act rashly, otherwise when the Jin army attacked Hongzhou and Jizhou, Ma Sui would definitely fight back.
Ma Sui was silent when he attacked Liu Shining, so will Ma Sui continue to be silent when he attacks Liu Pi?
Guo Song doesn't know the answer to this question, but he will consider the worst direction, so Guo Song needs to make plans. First, he must continue to put pressure on Luoyang to prevent Zhu Si from taking the opportunity to attack Jingxiang, including Hanoi, Hebei and Woguan.
, Wuguan and other places hoarded heavy troops. Secondly, he wanted to deploy troops on the Runzhou front line to prevent the Yangzhou army from attacking Jiangnan.
The third is to hoard heavy troops and ships in Jiangxia, Ezhou. Once Ma Sui dares to attack Liu Pi while he is attacking, Jiangxia's army will directly attack Yuezhou from the waterway and kill Ma Sui's lair.
It can be said that attacking Jingnan affects the whole body with one move.
In order to understand Ma Sui's movements and control Ma Sui's every move, Guo Song ordered the Jin Wei Mansion to spend a lot of money to bribe Ma Sui's confidants.
Baling County in Yuezhou, which is today's Yueyang, is Ma Sui's hometown. Like Liu Qia, it suffered from financial constraints. Although it was close to the Yangtze River, it was unable to build large warships. There were only some patrol boats converted from civilian ships.
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Also because of its proximity to the Yangtze River, Baling's business is very prosperous. The city has a large population and a large number of businessmen from all over the world live in it.
The largest restaurant in Baling County is called Dongting Restaurant. It is located in the middle of the county. The location is very advantageous. Dongting Restaurant covers an area of about five acres, including a three-story wooden building in the front and several small courtyards in the back. Business is booming every day.
The owner of the restaurant is actually Shi Linzhao, the governor of Yue, but Linzhao never shows up. It is always the big shopkeeper who comes forward. The big shopkeeper of Dongting Restaurant is called Zhang Chun, who is over 50 years old and a native of Baling. He runs Dongting Restaurant.
In the past ten years, he has been a good dancer and good at interpersonal relationships. He is familiar with both Yuezhou gentry and military and political leaders. He often helps people connect with each other. He is very skillful in Baling and even Yuezhou. Everyone calls him Uncle Chun.
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That morning, before the Dongting Restaurant opened, a man walked in outside the door of the restaurant. He was about thirty years old, tall, wearing a blue robe and a turban on his head. He looked like a businessman.
The waiter stopped him quickly and said, "Sir, the shop is not open yet. Please come back in an hour!"
The man waved his hand, "I'm not here to eat, I'm here to see your boss."
"Are you looking for our Master Chun?"
The man nodded, "I need to do something with him. Is he there?"
The waiter immediately understood that he was here to ask the big shopkeeper for help. He quickly said: "The big shopkeeper is here, please follow me!"
The waiter led the man towards the backyard. When he saw no one around, the waiter lowered his voice and said, "Your accent sounds like you are not from here. Let me remind you, you need at least this number to work with our big shopkeeper."
He stretched out his hand and said, "At least fifty thousand dollars!"
The man chuckled and said, "Money is not an issue. When things are done, it will be your benefit too!"
The waiter was immediately overjoyed and quickly led the man to the shopkeeper's room.